A popular Super Smash Bros. Melee controller’s potential ban from big-time esports tournament Genesis 4 has sparked a debate throughout the Smash community over what constitutes a tournament-legal controller for a 15-year-old game. The controller’s creator says the its ban would be “devastating” for his business.

As they did last summer, the makers of The Division are inviting fans to provide in-person feedback regarding some changes to the game. This time, they’re flying fans to Red Storm in North Carolina this January in preparation for changes to The Division’s most controversial component: The Dark Zone. More info here.

When YouTube’s biggest star swore that he was going to delete his channel after gaining 50 million subscribers, fans didn’t know what to believe. Some thought he was really going through with it, and prepared for the worst. Today, Felix Kjellberg comes clean, revealing that it was just a joke all along.

Silence, the long-awaited sequel to Daedalic Entertainment’s The Whispered World, begins with a World War II bombing raid that sends 16 year old Noah and his little sister into the magical world that exists between life and death. It’s a sad way to begin a beautiful adventure.

French stock market regulators have issued sanctions against five Ubisoft employees for insider trading, fining them a total of €1.2 million (~1.26 million dollars). Ubisoft is appealing the judgement.

You know the little charging brick that came with your phone? Throw it out, and spend $7 on this replacement from Aukey (with code AUK2PORT). It’s basically the same size as Apple’s standard iPhone charger, but it includes two ports, folding prongs, and 2.4A of current (shared between the ports) to charge your devices…

Kevin Lee Co, a 45 year-old man from Rocklin, California, pled guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering, having been caught stealing $4.8 million from his employer between 2008 and 2015. Some of which he spent rather poorly.

Live from New York, it’s Snacktaku, featuring special guest Cecilia D’Anastasio. Watch us drink Starbucks’ Pokémon Go marketing tie-in as we ponder whether or not they skinned the Pokémon before grinding them up.

For friends and family members that aren’t regularly backing up their files, there’s no better gift than an external hard drive, especially when 3TB will only set you back $95, no extra power cord required.

Next summer, Attack on Titanis getting a stage version in Japan. Details are scant, but it will be called Live Impact Shingeki no Kyojin, with Shingeki no Kyojin, of course, being Attack on Titan’s original Japanese title.